One-nation conservatism

One-nation conservatism is a form of British conservatism that advocates the preservation of established institutions and traditional principles combined with political democracy. It views society as organic and values paternalism and pragmatism. The ideology originated with Benjamin Disraeli, who appealed to working-class men to solve worsening divisions in society through introducing factory and health acts, as well as greater protection for workers. The elite's purpose is to reconcile the interests of all classes, labor as well as management, and to promote the paternalistic obligation of the privileged and wealthy to the poorer parts of society. Towards the end of the 19th century, the Conservative Party moved away from paternalism in favor of free market capitalism, but one-nation conservatism was revived during the Interwar period of 1918-1939. The philosophy continued to be held by the Conservatives from the end of World War II in 1945 until the mid-1970s rise of the New Right, which blamed the country's social and economic problems on one-nation conservatism. Under Margaret Thatcher, the Conservatives adopted neoliberal Thatcherist policies, but Prime Minister David Cameron would later adopt one-nation policies during his premiership.